Horror

Midnight movie sendup Popcorn bears all the hallmarks of an ’80s horror movie. Fueled by nostalgia, the slasher features haunting vignettes, films within movies, a melodramatic killer, and a jovial tone amplified by its atypical filming location. Released on February 1, 1991, Popcorn brought the ’80s spirit into the ’90s and delivered one of the most entertaining slashers to
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Horror pairs well with any genre. Horror comedies, horror westerns, horror romance; well, you get the gist. However, in terms of maximum chills or creativity, the marriage of horror and sci-fi often reigns supreme. The extreme isolation of deep space, creatures from other worlds or dimensions, man’s hubris causing dire consequences, dystopian nightmares, science experiments
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Doom has seen its fair share of mods before, including a remake of Castlevania within the GZDoom engine. Originally announced in 2017 and released in the same year, Castlevania: Simon’s Destiny has only now finally been finished, and recreates the entire NES classic within the first-person perspective of Doom. Modder Batandy (who also did that
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Cinema has a long history with bad seeds or sociopathic children with a vicious streak. The archetype boasts no shortage of iconic children with corrupted innocence, and coming-of-angst only further compounds the potential for evil in youth. John and the Hole’s eponymous character seeks to join the ranks, but a relatively toothless fable undoes an unnerving
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Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, a seminal horror classic, notoriously made people afraid to go into the water. The blockbuster’s live shark sequences were filmed by legendary marine pioneer Valerie Taylor and her husband, Ron. Their role in the film led to regret once the blockbuster inspired a wave of shark slaughter. It sparked an enduring dedication by
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Hulu and Blumhouse’s holiday anthology series “Into the Dark” returns just in time for Valentine’s Day with Tentacles, offering up heart-shaped candy on February 12th. Bloody Disgusting scored the trailer for the episode in which couple Tara (Dana Drori) and Sam (Casey Deidrick) fall head over heels into a new romance and entwine their lives — until their intimacy
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It’s been quite the journey for Rose Glass‘s feature debut. After a highly successful and buzz-worthy festival run, her psychological, religious horror film was scheduled for U.S. release in April last year. Thanks to a pandemic, the release date shifted to July, then the film was pulled from the schedule entirely. Meanwhile, its October 2020 release
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Developer Hidden Fields are back with another behind-the-scenes video for their upcoming hand-penciled horror tale, Mundaun. The episode, entitled “Chapel”, highlights the various architectural inspirations which have been recreated in the game.  In the episode, Hidden Fields founder and developer Michel Ziegler takes a trip to the real-life chapel which inspired one of the first
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The film has been bumped all over the release calendar ever since it was announced, and today Adam Robitel‘s Escape Room 2 once again has a brand new release date. Columbia Pictures will now release the film in theaters on January 7, 2022. Escape Room stars Logan Miller and Taylor Russell will be returning for the sequel. Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan), Holland Roden (“Channel
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Haunted hotels are nothing new in the realm of horror. Even the mere mention of the phrase instantly brings the likes of The Shining to mind. While it’s likely inevitable to draw comparisons to the Kubrick classic when watching The Night, the Farsi-language horror-thriller forges its own path by infusing mind-bending psychological thrills with cultural identity and folkloric
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One of the big rumors in regards to Godzilla vs. Kong has centered on Mechagodzilla, with many fans speculating that the film will bring the Kaiju character into Legendary’s MonsterVerse. Mechagodzilla first appeared in1974’s Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, presented as a sort of mechanical anti-Godzilla who has frequently served as Godzilla’s adversary. You may have spotted
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The ‘90s often ranks among the worst decades for horror, and if we were judging solely on 1991’s output, then the reputation would make sense. Strictly in terms of theatrical showings, the year’s biggest genre releases belonged to franchise sequels, a satirical Wes Craven horror-comedy, and an Oscar-winning film that still elicits debate about whether
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From Image Comics and “The Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman comes Amazon Prime’s animated series “Invincible,” which adapts Kirkman’s violent superhero comic books. “Invincible” is an adult animated superhero series that revolves around 17-year-old Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun), who’s just like every other guy his age — except his father is the most powerful superhero on the
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